Pumpkin is such a traditional part of the meal during Thanksgiving that it is almost taken for granted. Yet its very versatility lends it to so many possible creative and delicious uses for dessert that it would be a shame to miss any of these possibilities; especially when you're racking your brains for variants on the usual pumpkin pie. This article provides a quick round-up to help you make your decisions about the pumpkin desserts that you'd like to prepare for Thanksgiving.

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Consider the various possibilities using pumpkin for dessert dishes. If you've had the same pumpkin pie for years, a change can be exciting and lead to taste variations that impress your guests. Even a simple flavoring change to the traditional pumpkin pie can make an enormous difference. Thinking beyond the pie, you can also consider variants such as custard, cheesecake, mousse, cookies and cream, ice cream even – all made from pumpkin. If you're concerned that guests might miss the usual pumpkin pie, why not make it as usual but offer additional choices as well?

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Select suitable pumpkin desserts for your occasion. wikiHow provides an excellent range of dessert recipes using pumpkin, so why not save your time hunting and make use of what is already before you?:

Think outside the square. Other staples such as pumpkin bread can be put to great dessert use as well - substitute pumpkin bread when making bread and butter pudding, or simply toast pumpkin bread and provide with dollops of pumpkin jam.

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Add pumpkin related garnishes to your dessert. There are many ways that you can do this, both edible and inedible. For example, adding marzipan pumpkin shapes to a pie can increase its allure; or hollow out small pumpkins and fill with chocolate mousse with a plastic pumpkin figurine on top for added appeal.

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Finish the meal with coffee, tea and candied pumpkin. By now, your guests will probably be wondering at the myriad ways that you've managed to use pumpkin so sweetly!